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GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,766 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($15,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $37M
What General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York does
Mission
The society's principal purpose is to operate a tuition-free school and library in order to provide information and instruction to the new york building and construction trades. The society disseminates literary and scientific knowledge through lectures and other means ofintellectual improvement and maintains a cultural and educational resource center for those in manual, technical, craft and creative occupations.the society also provides operating space for similar nonprofit organizations whose goals are to preserve and promote the arts, culture, and history of tradesmen. In addition, the society preserves and maintains its landmarked building, which is listed on the national register of historic places and provides the venue for its educational and cultural programs and activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Historic preservation -the general society maintains its 1890 landmark building located at 20 west 44th street, nyc. The building is listed on the national register of historic places and the facade of the building is a new york city landmark. In 2022, the general society undertook a major restoration of the society's historic century old skylight. The project also encompassed the replacement of the surrounding roof. The project was completed in 2024.the restoration of the historic rear fire escape began in 2024, and was completed in 2025.
$528,389 spent38% of program spendingMechanics institute -a tuition free technical evening school offering 2 semesters, 4 programs and 32 courses, with an average of 160 students per semester.
$449,545 spentof which $6,806 as grants$29,700 earned by the program32% of program spendingThe general society labor, literature, landmark and artisan lecture series -twelve lectures were held during 2025 with public programs on a range of topics related to the art of craftsmanship, architecture, historic preservation, literature, labor and urban history. This continues a tradition of public lectures that started at the society in 1837.the general society library and the john m mossman lock collection -the general society library is a reference and subscription circulating library with approximately 300 members. The library has approximately 110,000 books and is open to students, members, researchers and the public. The mossman lock collection, which is open to the public, comprises over 400 locks, keys, tools, and other artifacts, dating from 4000 b.c. To the early 20th century.
$423,880 spent$42,020 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,401,814.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $25M to $29M (+15%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 8% · 2018 6% · 2019 2% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Victoria A Dengel
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $66 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK?
- GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,766 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($15,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,766 in grants to GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $15,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GENERAL SOCIETY OF MECHANICS AND TRADESMEN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing